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| name = Pathway Technologies<br />
| founded = 1994<br />
| founder = Said Rahmani<br />
| defunct = 2001<br />
| fate = acquired by [[Advanced Digital Information Corporation|ADIC]]<br />
| hq_location = [[Ithaca, New York]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Pathlight Technology''' was a pioneer in the field of [[Storage Area Networks]]. Based in Ithaca, NY, Pathlight was formed in 1994 as a spin-out from Ironics, a manufacturer of VME computer, IO and memory boards.<br />
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Pathlight was involved in the development of [[Serial Storage Architecture]] products, and in [[Fibre Channel]] products.<br />
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Pathlight merged with ADIC in 2001.<ref>[http://www.allbusiness.com/technology/computer-hardware-computer-peripherals/1006788-1.html Computer hardware] {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
Pathlight Technologies was founded by Said Rahmani in 1994. <br />
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Between 1997 and 2000, Rand Capital participated in four rounds of investments in Pathlight Technology.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Exhibit 99 |url=https://ir.randcapital.com/all-sec-filings/content/0000899797-01-000013/0002.htm?TB_iframe=true&height=auto&width=auto&preload=false |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=ir.randcapital.com}}</ref> <br />
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ADIC acquired Pathlight in January 2001 for a reported $265 million.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maleval |first=Jean Jacques |date=2023-01-06 |title=History 2001: For $265 Million, ADIC Buys Pathlight |url=https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/01/09/history-2001-for-265-million-adic-buys-pathlight/ |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=StorageNewsletter |language=en-US}}</ref><sup> </sup> Said Rahmani became VP of R&D at ADIC after the acquisition.<br />
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== Products ==<br />
One of the significant products from Pathlight was the SAN Gateway, which provided multi-directional [[Bridging (networking)|bridging]] between multiple [[Parallel SCSI]] ports and multiple Fibre Channel ports. [[IBM]] teamed with Pathlight to provide the SAN Data Gateway<ref>[https://archive.today/20120708123238/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1999_Feb_24/ai_53946385/ Find articles] </ref> (IBM Product 2108-G07 <ref>[http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=528&&uid=ssg1S7000583 IBM support] {{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>) and SAN Data Gateway Router (IBM Product 2108-R03 <ref>[ftp://service.boulder.ibm.com/storage/san/2108/SM2108R03.pdf IBM Storage]{{dead link|date=May 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>).<br />
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